Pulp Fiction changes cinema. Friends changes TV. Blur and Oasis battle for control of the music chats as New Labour sweeps Britain. The Rwandan Genocide stuns the world, as Nelson Mandela is freed from prison. The Lion King breaks children’s hearts and a man named Forrest sat on a bench,…

The world wide web makes the Internet available to the public at large for the first time and changes life forever. Tom Hanks was sleepless in Seattle and we were welcomed to Jurassic Park. Elle Macpherson ruled the fashion world, Leonardo DiCaprio became a Hollywood hunk and the Mighty Morphin…

Her Majesty the Queen celebrated 40 years on the Throne, the AIDS crisis continued and Charles and Di separated. At the cinema, Aladdin rubbed a lamp and got Robin Williams, oversized hoop earrings were in and electronic sounds erupted from every abandoned warehouse in the land on the weekend, accompanied…

The Gulf War raged and Britain joined the fight. Queen Elizabeth II addressed the US Congress. Nirvana released ground-breaking album Nevermind. Silence of the Lambs was adapted for the big screen with Sir Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner was Robin Hood, Arnie, after promising, ‘came back’ to save the world from…

Margaret Thatcher was on her way out, Macaulay Culkin was left Home Alone and Mariah Carey first stormed the charts, as Madonna Vogued. Behind the scenes at EastEnders, there was chaos abound. The ratings had been falling and the BBC wanted changes.

Batman was top of the movie charts. The New Kids on the Block were adorning teenage bedroom walls across the land. Strange yellow-skinned people in Springfield became the focus of a generation. Hillsborough. Sky television launches in the UK. And as usual, EastEnders was on the front pages.

Margaret Thatcher became the longest serving Prime Minister as the pound note was replaced by the pound coin. Section 28 was introduced. Stephen Hawking released ‘A Brief History of Time’, just as Littlefoot searched for a Land Before Time. Eddie Murphy starred in Coming to America, prozac was unleashed on…

Britain got cold and in 1987 and it wasn’t just the weather. The weather men got it wrong and the Great Storm hit Britain causing untold damage. The winter was so bad, sub-zero temperatures and snow drifts became a regular thing. And to make it worse, Thatcher had just been…

Football fans developed the Mexican Wave, Little Shop of Horrors hungered at cinemas, Andy Warhol paid tribute to Aretha and Tom Cruise felt the need for speed for the first time. Sean Connery declared that ‘there can only be one’. The space-shuttle Challenger exploded in front of the world and…